Chapter 163 Covet
Inside the house, Chen Tang leaned against the window, watching the birds in the tree chirping with their heads tilted.
A-choo!
A sneeze came out, and the frightened birds flapped their wings and ran away.
This morning, Chen Tang sneezed so many times that Ginkgo and Qiu Tong were worried that their daughter might have caught a cold.
Qiu Tong was worried, so she said, "Why don't we ask a doctor to come and check on the girl?"
Chen Tang said, "I'm fine."
The body is hers, and no one knows better than her whether she has caught a cold or not. She is definitely being talked about.
After all, she had refused to marry in front of the bridal sedan, and the story was widely spread. But Xie Guimo still wanted to marry her. It would be strange if the news of their engagement was not discussed.
Just as Shen Tang thought, people in the streets, teahouses and taverns were talking about her engagement with Xie Guimo. Everyone who heard about it thought it was a rumor and no one believed it.
The Prince of Jingyang is of noble status and extremely talented. Why would he marry a girl who had refused to marry him?
It’s not like I can’t marry someone else and I have to hang myself on a tree.
Even they would not marry again, let alone the Prince of Jingyang.
Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, the person who knew about it said, "Don't disbelieve it, this is absolutely true. It came from the Jingyang Palace."
"Where did this come from? This is also fake."
The man was anxious, "Why don't you believe it? Think about it, when Miss Shen was frightened by her horse, who saved her? When she fell into the water, Prince Jingyang also jumped into the water. Is this a coincidence?"
The horse-frightened incident happened on this street. Many people knew about it, and at that moment, everyone was looking at each other.
Just then, the prince of Xuanyi and the prince of Duan, Xiao Xun, entered the restaurant. Someone said, "The prince of Xuanyi and the prince of Duan have a good relationship with the prince of Jingyang. They must know whether the prince of Jingyang is really engaged to the second Miss Shen."
Someone immediately asked Chu Yi, and Chu Yi smiled and said, "It's more than true. Prince Jingyang has been coveting Miss Shen for a long time."
Don’t believe what others say, but what the Prince of Xuanyi Marquis says must be true.
If he dares to spread rumors about Prince Jingyang, Prince Jingyang will beat him.
Someone suddenly realized, "Maybe this is true. After all, Prince Jingyang has an engagement with Miss Shen. If Miss Shen doesn't get married, it would be difficult for him to come and ask for Miss Shen's hand in marriage. Now that Miss Shen is the Second Prince's, he would come and ask for marriage at this critical moment."
"…But why would Prince Jingyang like a girl who refused to marry him?"
I really can't understand.
Someone laughed and said, "Second Miss Shen is so interesting. The Prince of Jingyang is of noble status. How many girls in Kyoto want to marry him? Second Miss Shen knew that she would not be a widow if she married the Prince of Jingyang. In order not to hurt the sisterly relationship, she would rather die than ride in the sedan chair of the Prince of Jingyang's mansion, so that the sedan chair of the Prince of Jingyang's mansion would be carried back empty. There is no other girl with such a personality in Kyoto. Prince of Jingyang must be curious. It is not surprising that he really likes Second Miss Shen."
It would be such a great sense of accomplishment to make a girl who would rather die than marry him willingly get into his bridal sedan.
Then someone mentioned that a certain lady had a rash after being kissed by a master, and someone laughed and said, "Maybe Miss Shen was on guard against the prince of Jingyang kissing her secretly, so she deliberately put some poison on her mouth."
A girl with this kind of personality, not to mention that Prince Jingyang likes her, they also like her just by listening to her.
Marrying a prince's consort like this would make life more interesting.
Chen Tang was unaware of these discussions, but he kept sneezing. When Xie Guimo jumped in through the window, Chen Tang just happened to sneeze. He asked, "Did you catch a cold?"
What responded to him was Chen Tang's glare and blushing face, "What are you talking about? It was you who proposed the marriage and caused all the trouble."
Xie Guimo came over and put his arm around Chen Tang's waist, "The marriage is finally settled."
Why does this man hug her at every turn? The maid is still here. Does he even give her any shame?
When they saw Xie Guimo coming in, Ginkgo and Qiu Tong hurried out, but when they went out they looked back and happened to see this scene, so they covered their mouths and went out.
Chen Tang struggled, and Xie Guimo said, "You asked me for help, but you won't let me hold you for a while?"
Chen Tang's hand stopped pushing him and he asked quickly, "Did you find out?"
Xie Guimo turned his face to the side and said, "Kiss me and I'll tell you."
What a bastard!
Chen Tang was so angry that he glared at him, but Xie Guimo had an expression that said, "If you don't kiss me, I won't tell you." Chen Tang was anxious and what could he do? He could only kiss him. He didn't know how many times they had kissed. It was too late to be reserved now.
Chen Tang kissed him on the cheek and said, "Hurry up and tell me."
It's so perfunctory.
Xie Guimo put a little more force on Chen Tang's waist, and Chen Tang pressed against him, and his kiss followed.
He let go of her only when Chen Tang couldn't stand anymore after kissing her. Chen Tang was anxious and angry. If she didn't say anything, she would have kicked him out of the window.
He knew that Chen Tang was anxious, but he couldn't help it when he saw Chen Tang. Thinking that the marriage had just been decided and he had to wait until the second prince had held the wedding banquet before it could be his turn, a certain master's good mood faded a little.
Chen Tang was so anxious that he almost jumped up and down, "Just tell me quickly."
Xie Guimo stopped teasing Chen Tang and told Chen Tang what Chen Tang asked him to investigate.
That year, Princess Jinde had a difficult delivery and gave birth to a baby girl, but she was dead soon after she was born. Princess Jinde also suffered heavy hemorrhage after delivery and almost died. The prince consort was guarding outside the door, and as he received one bad news after another, he could hardly stand. Giving birth to a stillbirth was unlucky, and the royal family would not hold a funeral for a newborn child, so the prince consort had the child taken out of the house and buried to prevent Princess Jinde from being sad when she saw the child.
But since she was his daughter after all, and they had no destiny as father and daughter in this life, the prince consort couldn't bear to let her go, so he took off the jade pendant he was wearing and buried it with his daughter.
There is a mountain outside Kyoto, which is specially used to bury fetuses or children who died in infancy and could not be buried in the ancestral tomb. The servant did not dare to ask the prince consort where to bury the child, so he sent him directly to the mountain.
Princess Jinde suffered heavy bleeding and woke up after a near-death experience. She was heartbroken to learn that her child had been hastily buried. Even if the child could not be buried in the ancestral tomb, he could not be buried in such a sloppy manner. She wanted to move the child's grave and burn paper money for the child.
Princess Jindechang wanted to do what she wanted, and Prince Consort couldn't persuade her, so he asked the servant to bury the child again.
But when the servant went to dig the grave where the child was buried, there was only a small empty coffin with nothing inside.
Several servants witnessed the burial of the child, but he disappeared without a trace.
From then on, this matter became a thorn in the side of Princess Jinde. She always felt that her daughter was still alive and it was not a glorious thing that her daughter's body was stolen, so the royal family concealed this matter and very few people knew about it. The jade pendant was buried with her daughter. Princess Jinde had been looking for the jade pendant for so many years and was almost driven crazy.
The elderly maids in the palace all recognized the jade pendant. When they were tidying up the messy Taikang Palace, they saw the jade pendant and quickly sent someone to report it to Princess Jinde, which led to the subsequent events.
When Xie Guimo said this, Chen Tang was horrified. Would the Second Wife send people to dig up the grave of Princess Jinde's daughter in order to cover up the loophole of replacing her own daughter with the eldest son's wife? !
This thought flashed through her mind, but was rejected by Chen Tang. The Second Madam did not have such courage. Besides, the Second Madam obviously did not know that Shen Ran was the daughter of Princess Jinde. If she knew, she would definitely replace the baby with a girl and return Shen Ran. The Second Madam returned the daughter that Princess Jinde had worked so hard to give birth to. This kindness could ensure that the Second Madam would live a life of wealth and glory. Even if she did not return the daughter, she would keep her by her side and would not ignore her so much.
Seeing that Chen Tang was distracted, Xie Guimo asked, "Why are you asking about this?"
Chen Tang said, "When my third sister was born, her body was purple and her breath was weak. My grandmother pierced her ten fingers to save her..."
Xie Guimo said, "You mean..."
"My third sister is most likely the daughter of Princess Jinde and her husband."
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